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Title:

Medicine and healers through history / edited by Kara Rogers.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xvii, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Physicians--Biography.
Medicine--History.
History of Medicine--Encyclopedias--English.
Disease--English.--Encyclopedias--English.
Health Personnel--English.--Encyclopedias--English.

Other Authors:

Rogers, Kara.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]) and index.

Contents:

Ancient medicine and its practitioners -- Medicine in the Medieval and Renaissance eras -- The rise of scientific medicine in the 19th century -- Immunology and the 20th century fight against infectious disease -- Progress in the understanding of disease in the 20th century -- Developments in the understanding of cancer -- Surgery in the 20th century and beyond -- Nursing and influential nurses in history -- Pioneers of modern medicine.

Series:

Health and disease in society

ISBN:

1615303677 (hbk. : lib. bdg.):
9781615303670 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)648080261

LCCN:

2010029135

Locations:

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)